Cyprus

Autumn is a busy month for the island’s cultural agenda as festivals, markets, exhibitions and theatre productions return. Annual festivals make their comeback, and most of them are addressed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday held a telephone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and said after the call that he had “stressed the importance to deescalate tensions”. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he had held a “pertinent discussion” with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, days after the country was the target of an ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with trade unions and with employers’ associations in the coming days amid an ongoing rift over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which led ...

The old town hall in Nicosia will host an evening on September 16 where grief is transformed into purpose. Under the auspices of President Nikos Christodoulides, the Nicholas Zoe Foundation will ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Sunday after having been arrested on Saturday for the possession of just shy of 200 grams of cannabis, all of ...

A fire broke out in a moving vehicle on the motorway connecting Larnaca and Ayia Napa on Saturday evening, the police said on Sunday. The police said the fire had ...

Despite its small population and tight-knit community, Cyprus has long been one of Europe’s biggest offenders when it comes to rubbish pollution. In 2017, it ranked second highest in the ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested for attacking the police while en route to a football match, the police announced on Sunday. The man, a fan of Aek Larnaca, had been ...

Sunday’s weather will be largely warm and sunny across most of the island, but clouds are expected to roll in during the early afternoon, bringing with them the possibility ...

This week saw the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) get bogged down in more than just substantive questions over its viability. Full-on information warfare broke out: the Greek prime minister ‘called ...

Certain cars manufactured by French brand Citroen have been recalled due to issues with their brake pedals, the road transport department said on Saturday. It confirmed that the vehicles have ...

A total of 252 portacabins are to be used as classrooms when Turkish Cypriot children return to school at the end of the summer holiday on Monday, the north’s ‘education ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin asked President Nikos Christodoulides what his intentions are after the Turkish Cypriot leadership election, which is set to take place next month, according to ...

The Portuguese government considers Cyprus’ committee on missing persons (CMP) “invaluable”, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Vanda Sequeira said on Saturday. She was speaking to the Cyprus Mail after ...

The police carried out an operation aimed at preventing minor crimes in Limassol in the early hours of Saturday morning. In total, they carried out more than 300 vehicle checks and ...

Two cars were set on fire in Limassol’s Mesa Yeitonia industrial area in the early hours of Saturday morning, with police suspecting that the fire was started maliciously. The ...

Saturday’s weather will be warm and sunny across the island throughout the day, with temperatures set to rise to 38 degrees Celsius inland, 33 degrees Celsius on the coast, and 29 degrees ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday night decried the resolution passed by the European parliament earlier in the week on the arrests of five Greek Cypriots in the north, ...

Larnaca is set to maintain a steady flow of tourists during the winter months, according to current bookings and trends. At the same time, the city’s hotels will all ...

The social circus collective Quantum Circus hosts an open event this week in Nicosia, inviting the public to play, experience, get creative and encourage togetherness. The Cyprus-based group will hold ...

Business & economy wrap-up from the day before Eurobank Cyprus on Friday confirmed that its merger with Hellenic Bank is now fully underway, marking the creation of the new Eurobank ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet European Council President Antonio Costa on Monday as part of the latter’s visit to the island. On Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Costa’...

Greece has been and remains “the firmest supporter and the most reliable partner of Cyprus in all fields”, namely the Cyprus problem, defence and security, the economy, education, health and ...